Question

Select the correct answer. What do the underlined sentences in this excerpt from William Dean Howells's "Editha" reveal about the speaker? "I don't want you to feel foolishly bound to my memory. I should hate that, wherever I happened to be." "I am yours, for time and eternity—time and eternity." She liked the words; they satisfied her famine for phrases. "Well, say eternity; that's all right; but time's another thing; and I'm talking about time. But there is something! My mother! If anything happens--"

Answer 1

Answer:

Hi. You didn't underline any sentence, but we can see from the sentences presented that the speaker is very outspoken and speaks directly, without fear.

Explanation:

In the question above, we can see that the sentences presented are excerpts from the book "Editha" which tells the story of how Editha insisted that her fiance join the army and go to war, because she thinks this is his duty as a men. Editha is a woman who speaks openly about her thoughts and is not ashamed to be direct and frank in everything she thinks, as we can see in the sentences presented above.